The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-05

detail, dwelling particularly on the express-
Of Boiler TO 0ster, that he would kill mic"
Hau, II the latter assaulted him again, and
Oster's contradiction of the statement and
"weaving' it into the expression that he
(Bolzer) would kill "Nio' before night; and
also upon the scene Of the murder as describ-
ed by Kreitzer and Boiler. Boiler was, In
counsels estimation, as innocent of the dark
and dreadful crime Of murder, as babe un.
born He had erred, merely in not killing
Hau when the latter grasped HIM by the
throat, and showed remarkable charity in
waiting as long Is he did
Mr.. Hit, who followed Mr.. Eckles, also
dwelt especially upon the scene Of the muir
der az depicted before the jury. He stated,
that as far as the alleged striking Of Hau by
Boiler with the wedge was concerned, there
was but one witness who was willing to
swear to it, and she had not been to certain
oft. Any man would have done as Boiler
had DONE under the same circumstances.
lie was the defender Of his home, his wife
and his child, not murderer. Self pre-
servation is the first law Of nature, and Boil
ger had but obeyed its mandates. At the
close of Mr.. Hits argument, the court ad-
journed until nine o'clock on Thursday
morning.
At that hour, the court room, which had
been but sparely filled during the trial, on
account Of an inability to hear the voices of
witnesses was already filed up, and after
the usual formalities, States Attorney Mol.
oney began his closing argument for the
State. In his characteristic word portraits
Of the scenes as they actually occurred on
that day, the issues which led TO the muir.
der Of Hau and the action Of the prisoner
after the deed, Mr.. Moloney was particular
ly strong. He impressed upon the jury the
fact of BOXERS saying that he had but one
ball in the revolver, Marshall Hall testified
to his having had six in II, one Of which
Boiler exploded when he shot Hau. another.
which the marshal exploded himself, and
four others. He enlarged very::strongly up
ON the fact that Boiler had gone into the
kitchen, loaded his revolver, and while he
had yet time to 60 away, opened the door
and shot Hau. These things were. he con.
sidered should be generalization Right in the
heart OF Mr.. Moloney's argument, Geo. Boil
made sad and fatal mistake. His poor
wife sat behind him, made remark in re.
monstrance to what the states attorney was
saying about her husband, when the prison.
er turned, with fiendish expression of coun.
tenance, struck her in the stomach, and
shook her, telling her to keep her mouth
shut. This brutal action was entirely IN.
called for, and that it hurt the cese IN the
eyes OF the jury, there can be but little
doubt. Mr. Moloney finished his argument
at 1890, and after receiving the instructions
of the court. the jury retired for delibera-
ton. Boiler was taken back to jail, but his
faithful wife stayed until noon, and then
went sadly away.
THE VERDICT.
At fifteen minutes past two O'Clock in the
afternoon, there was preceptible hustle in
the court room, and soon every eye was turn
and upon the great swinging doors, through
which marched Geo. Boiler, in charge Of
Deputy Smith. Boiler wore an expression
of half hearted anxiety, and calmly seated
himself between his counsel. Immediately
sfterward, Deputy Yockey, with the jury in
tow, marched to the north side Of the court
room, and seated them against the wall. The
court, with q solemn air, looked slowly at the
jury and said, Gentlemen have you agreed
upon verdict"
Every sound was hushed and two hum
dred eyes concentrated their gaze upon Fore.
man Haines, as he arose and in fire voice
replied, ave have" The 1.-TWO hundred eyes
caat slip of paper, as it passed into Deputy
Jockeys hand, and from them to
the possession Of Judge Blanchard. His
Honor slowly opened the communication,
and as his eyes fell upon Its contents, his
face assumed an expression OF sorrow and
com assion, and in voice in which regret
was plainly preceptible, pronounced the
solemn words Of
1--WE the jury, find the defendant guilty Of
murder, and that he suffer DEATH"
A deep gloom seemed to settle upon that
silent court room, and once more the 200
eyes moved, this time fastening themselves
upon the countanance Of Geo. Belser. The
| first reflection Of his face was one Of blank
surprise and establishment Then, when tho
| full import Of that verdict became manifest,
| it assumed an ashen hue, the limbs trembled,
the hair fairly stood on end, and the eyes
started from their sockets. He was veri-
table picture horror! Then his eyes turned
swiftly from one face to another, and with
fearful expression turned toward the deputy
expecting that the sentence was to be exc.
cuted at once.
The usual formality of polling the jury
was gone through with when Mr.. Eckels
said. awe desire to make motion for a
new trial"
The Court-"The motion is taken under
advisement.'
When the prisoner had been removed the
FREE TRADER reporter accosted defendants
council, asking their reception of the yer.
dict, and found them very much surprised
at the outcome. Mr. Hit said that for the
case of the prisoner, the sentance was better
than term in the penitentary, as he thought
the chance of new trial most favorable.
Danial Devlin who took the record OF the
case, thought that there were no errors, I'M
less refusal to admit testimony relating to
the binding over of Hau to keep the peace
last March, would be so considered.
Mrs Mary Hau, wife Of the murdered man,
in conversation with Deputy Yockey express
ed herself in substantially the following
language: 81 am glad he is to hang, wish L
could pull the rope"
The reporter interviewed five OF the jury
men and secured an idea of what points the
verdict was based upon. One said that Boil
ger lied about the number Of cartridges In
the revolver; and he had chance for MS
life a. his head was not in danger at the time
IL Cd .ho sbot Had he killed him in the